| Harmelin v. Michigan | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 27, 1991 | 5-4 |
| Peretz v. United States | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 27, 1991 | 5-4 |
| Firstier Mtge. Co. v. Investors Mtge. Ins. Co. | Wrote the majority opinion | Tuesday, January 15, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, January 15, 1991 | 5-3 |
| Renne v. Geary | Wrote a dissent | Monday, June 17, 1991 | 6-3 |
| Martin v. Oshrc | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 20, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Mu'min v. Virginia | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, May 30, 1991 | 5-4 |
| United States v. Smith | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, March 20, 1991 | 8-1 |
| Riverside County v. McLaughlin | Wrote a dissent | Monday, May 13, 1991 | 5-4 |
| Cottage Savings Assoc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, April 17, 1991 | 7-2 |
| Moskal v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, December 3, 1990 | 5-3 |
| Siegert v. Gilley | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, May 23, 1991 | 6-3 |
| Florida v. Bostick | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 20, 1991 | 6-3 |
| Leathers v. Medlock | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 16, 1991 | 7-2 |
| Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 20, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Touby v. United States | Wrote a regular concurrence | Monday, May 20, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Florida v. Jimeno | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, May 23, 1991 | 7-2 |
| West Virginia Univ. Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey | Wrote a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent | Tuesday, March 19, 1991 | 6-3 |
| United States v. Centennial Savings Bank | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, April 17, 1991 | 7-2 |
| Payne v. Tennessee | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 27, 1991 | 6-3 |
| Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd | Wrote the majority opinion | Wednesday, April 17, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Johnson v. Home State Bank | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 10, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc. | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, June 3, 1991 | 9-0 |
| Mccleskey v. Zant | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, April 16, 1991 | 6-3 |
| Burns v. United States | Wrote the majority opinion | Thursday, June 13, 1991 | 5-4 |
| EEOC v. Arabian American Oil Co. | Wrote a dissent | Tuesday, March 26, 1991 | 6-3 |
| Primate Protection League v. Tulane Ed. Fund | Wrote the majority opinion | Monday, May 20, 1991 | 8-0 |
| Litton Financial Printing Div. v. NLRB | Wrote a dissent | Thursday, June 13, 1991 | 5-4 |
| Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn | Wrote a special concurrence | Thursday, May 30, 1991 | 5-4 |
